06-20-2019, 03:42 PM
(06-18-2019, 10:59 PM)Rick Kr Wrote: It has always fascinated me how quickly our brains figure out which is which in mid-fall and the foot might start out to try to break a heavy object's fall, but gets retracted quickly or the jump out of the way happens. Given that a knife is more in category #1, I wonder if my brain would "catch" the difference/danger and pull my foot away before impact.
Rick
Yes sir, Rick. Fascinating indeed. Imagine that, the double clutch at my age. That split second, "I'll catch tha.. no, it's sharp and I'm barefoot" decision. It's so hard to believe any part of me is capable of that I didn't even want to mention it.